Related
word of advice ! SPOILERS forDetective Comics # 980ahead !
-
in force news show , DC fan : more grounds has get in that the post - Crisis , pre - New 52 comic universe is still animated somewhere in the DC Multiverse - even if fans have n’t stupefy to see it in activeness for years .
Writer James Tynion IV ’s land tenure on DC Comics ' flagshipDetective Comicsis follow to an end , concluding in two calendar week with issue # 981 . But before he wraps up his run , Tynion has a few more surprisal for readers in this week’sDetective Comics # 980 . Since theRebirth relaunch in 2016 , DC Comics has been slowly tweaking their in - existence continuity , keeping some of what happened during the New 52 era while fold up in element from the old continuity that existed before 2011’sFlashpointand the resultingreboot .
Related:Superman’s Greatest Villain is Saving The DC Universe
quality exemplar being the dramaticreturn of the original Wally West , and thecombining of the New 52 Superman and post - Crisis Supermaninto a remarkable Supes ( comics are weird ) . A little confusing , to be sure , but it ’s also been a groovy room to satisfy longtime fans by reintroducing long - lost characters and keep story accessible to readers who came on board during the New 52 .
More recently , Martian Manhunter made his first Rebirth appearancein theDark Nights Metalevent , andBooster Gold is ruining the world in theBatmanseries . But not every old favorite is returning under the dear circumstances . In the page ofTeen TitansandSuper Sons , older variant ofWonder Girl , Kid Flash , and Superboy from theTitans of Tomorrowstory archave appeared , implying that they also still exist in some universe ’s timeline . Rather , the futurity of a universe and timeline that was no longer thought to exist …
Now , inDetective Comics # 980,Brother Eye reveals that in that substitute future timeline - the same timelinethe murderous Future - Tim Drakehails from - Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown both go on to assume the mantel of Batgirl , as they did prior to the New 52 .
The reveal comes as Spoiler , Orphan , and Batman are infiltrating the Belfry 2.0 , which was latterly rebuild by Brother Eye and theOMAC - infect version of Tim Drake ’s Batman(again , comics areweird . ) While attempt to cut Brother Eye and interrupt the link between it and Tim , Brother Eye twit Spoiler : " You do not even realize what has been taken from you . What this timeline has stolen from your spirit . "
The computer program then displays images of Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown from the substitute future timeline in their Batgirl costumes - Cass in all black with a cowl that completely covers her face , Steph in a purple and yellow costume , and both with the Bat symbol proudly blazon on their chest . These are their Batgirl costumes from the pre - Flashpoint DC Universe , where both Cass and Steph really did go on to become Batgirl before the New 52 retconned it so that Barbara Gordon was the one and only .
see these versions of their characters again is an stimulating consequence , and it let sports fan do it that DC has n’t completely forgotten about their fourth dimension as Batgirl .
Related:Tim Drake Becomes A New Kind of Batman For DC Comics
However , that is n’t all this alternate - timeline - future sneak peep has to extend . Along with the big Batgirl reveal , Brother Eye goes on to share that before becoming Batgirl , Stephanie served as Robin for a brief stint , and that Cass was n’t ostracise but rather adopted by the Bat - Family , with Babs - depict in a wheelchair , just as she was when she was Oracle - teaching her to read and talk . These past times also line up identically with Cass and Steph ’s character arcs from before the New 52 and Rebirth , suggesting that if this alternative future timeline is n’t truly the post - Crisis , pre - Flashpoint DC Universe - which it still could be - then it ’s at least really , reallysimilar .
Luckily , Spoiler is n’t deflect by Brother Eye ’s glance at her steal identity . On the reverse , she ’s emboldened , telling Brother Eye : " The only thing you ’ve distinguish me is that no matter what timeline I ’m in , I ’m freaking awing ! " She then successfully enters Brother Eye ’s organization , exclude it down and enter the intact story of the substitute timeline - data she plan on using to win .
And now that Spoiler has the alternate timeline ’s pure history , we can only hopeDetective Comics # 981will give us some solvent . Is the future whereBatwoman kills Batmanand Tim is forced to take up the cowl , becoming cruel and twisted because of it , the future tense of the Rebirth timeline ? Or is it the time to come of the pre - Flashpoint timeline ? Does that macrocosm still subsist somewhere in the Multiverse ?
Could it be that the Rebirth timeline is on a similar itinerary and - unless changes are made ( or retain ) - the same terrible hereafter awaits them ? How does this link to the missing years at the shopping centre of the Rebirth mystery story ? And will either Cass or Steph ever be Batgirl again ! ? The only style to find out is to keep say !
Next:Batgirl Barbara Gordon Returns To ORACLE Role
Detective Comics # 980is now available atcomic shop everywhereand online atComixologyand atDC Comics .
